BJ's run for party supplies

I glued these to toothpicks, to make sharp pointy things the kids wanted to play with. Genius.

I tried out my cake recipe and disovered piping adorable swirls of frosting onto cupcakes is a lot harder than it looks

My kitchen counters became ground zero for all the junk I needed to put away

I went to Joann's and did NOT buy the fancy bedazzler. It took a lot of will power.

Balloons for Little Evan's birthday photos

I made a quick birthday shirt for Little Evan to wear to Stroller Strides

Celebrating his birthday by crawling under his dog instead of letting me take his picture

And then Little Evan refused to sit in his stroller for a picture. At least Caroline is still forced to pose for me.

When you're 2, Mommy lets you play on her iPad. Sometimes. With a lot of supervision.

We went to Target & got Starbucks - Evan gets a cup of whipped cream so he doesn't feel left out

Caroline reminds me she lives here too by being adorable

Playing with his new Color Wonder finger paints. NON-TOXIC finger paints. Because yeah, he ate some.

The baking aisle is fascinating

His new favorite word is "Messsssss!" so he makes them just to say it

My parents came into town for the party & took us out to dinner. Little Evan was super well behaved.

I tried to find a polka dot shirt/dress for the party and discovered I am WAY too old for Forever 21. Apparently 29 is when you stop being 21 forever.

He's blurry because he didn't stand still the ENTIRE DAY. No nap either.

We finally got the crib up in Caroline's nursery so she can actually sleep there (someday)

It's a good think I started baking at 8 am because I frosted the cake at 1:45 - the party started at 2.

The remains of my cake, after the party. It was delicious.

Birthday spoils. We have such amazing and generous friends and family!

My folks watched the kids so E and I could have a date night, so we went to Mohegan Sun Casino (5 minutes from our house)

This is The Atrium, the martini bar in the middle of the casino. The whole place is so gorgeous. (This pic is SOOC and by C I mean iPhone)

My 2 favorite kinds of food - fancy and Mexican - from Sol Toro

Our winnings! Ok, not really. We broke exactly even after an hour and a half of blackjack. That totally counts as a win though.

The casino also has Krispy Kreme. Best place ever? I THINK SO. I had a lemon-filled.

Playing a game of "Squish Little Evan in the couch". He really likes it, I swear.

5 weeks old

This is the only picture I took Monday. I think it says enough.

Someone wanted to make a fashion statement by refusing the rest of his clothes

So I let him. Toddlers: not worth fighting about pants with!

I wish it wasn't so blurry, but this is a picture of Little Evan putting one of my breast pads in his shirt.

Taking a break from WoW to burp Caroline. I had a "sexiest husband" contest on Twitter last night with Mae & Allison - I should have submitted this picture.

15 more inches of snow. It's at least 2 feet deep - more in the drifts.

But thanks to our snowblower & E's day off I made it out to the grocery store. Don't judge my list.

I made oatmeal-butterscotch cookies in my shiny shiny mixer

And I started knitting this sweater. It's my most ambitious project yet and I'm SKEERED.

What, you don't keep your baby in a laundry basket? p.s. She's yawning, not screaming. She totally fell asleep.

Waiting for our Five Guys burgers after a morning trip to the aquarium. It was a fun day!

BEST TARGET FIND EVER. They were on sale for $1. I also bought myself a cherry one.

Nursing this baby puts her right to sleep almost every time. I don't even mind being trapped under her...

...because it means I have lots of time for knitting.

Mom and I took Little Evan to the aquarium (I wore Caroline in the Maya sling)

I like the fish a lot more than my kid, but since the place was almost deserted he just ran around burning off energy.

Although his FAVORITE exhibit at the aquarium is...the drinking fountain. EPIC tantrum when I pulled him away.

Waiting for the doctor at Caroline's 2 week check up. She's up to 8 lbs 15 oz & doing GREAT.

My new camera lens!! I love it - it's making me excited to learn more about my camera.

My mom organzied our panty. I took a picture because it's never going to look this good again.

Family time!

BEBEH SOCKS!

Toddlers Gone Wild

My parents took all four of us to dinner (Chili's!) without incident. Thank God for toddler-sized cups of lemonade.

Someone's pants are too big, which means he can take them off on his own.

I made impromptu brownies, which means I didn't have the right kind of chocolate. They were still delicious.

We woke up to a winter wonderland!! Later that day, E bought a gigantic snowblower.

Probably the last time he ever stares longingly out at the snow, since our sledding adventure ended with one very cold very wet very unhappy child.

My Keurig makes sweet tea. Did you just die of jealousy?

The aftermath. As of this morning, it's all still there.

I had a baby. Probably the high point of the week, even though Christmas was awesome too.

Cuddly baby is cuddly, even (especially) at 5 am

Talked my way out of the hospital so we got to go HOME!

Maybe someone else in my house did some stuff but I just sat around and stared at the baby.

Oh hey, look, I have this other kid too!

"If I take my pants off and look REALLY cute will you pay attention to me?"

The shirt, the face, the wine, the Snickers bar...he's a keeper. (Kidding! He's been pretty great)

Life is clearly getting back to normal.

We (all four of us!) went to lunch at a local pub with friends. It went amazingly well.

Even the children's Christmas Eve service was too long for toddlers - I think he made it through 1 song before E took him to run around in the chapel.

Baby's First Christmas!

Reindeer toes

I think maybe ever toddler I know got this laptop for Christmas. It is a BIG hit around here.

Another big hit? The Modern Bird piece I ordered for E. It is even better in person.

Reading new books with MorMor. It was a super fun day!